Delphi Complete Works of Anton Chekhov (Illustrated) (616 page)

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But isn’t it strange? In the whole town there is not a single musician, not a single orator, not a prominent man.

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Honorable Justice of the Peace, Honorable Member of the Children’s
Shelter — all honorable.

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L. studied and studied — but people who had finished developing could not understand her, nor could the young.
Ut consecutivum
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He is dark, with little side-whiskers, dressed like a dandy, dark eyes, a warm brunet. He exterminates bugs, talks about earthquakes and China. His fiancée has a dowry of 8,000 roubles; she is very handsome, as her aunt says. He is an agent for a fire-insurance company, etc. “You’re awfully pretty, my darling, awfully. And 8,000 into the bargain! You are a beauty; when I looked at you to-day, a shiver ran down my back.”

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He
: Earthquakes are caused by the evaporation of water.

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Names: Goose, Pan, Oyster.

“Were I abroad, they would give me a medal for such a surname.”

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I can’t be said to be handsome, but I am rather pretty.